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That Auschwitz series was awesome. Highly recommended for anybody that is interested in that whole thing. They had former SS and former concentration camp survivors on the show.

I watched a documentary about one of the survivors of BTK, Charlie Otero. It followed the BTK trial a bit, but it was mostly just about Charlie. It was interesting and sad. But I felt like it was missing something.

Now I'm about to start The Woman Who Wasn't There.

"A look inside the mind of Tania Head, history's most infamous 9/11 survivor. Her jaw-dropping tale of escape from the south tower was most astounding and she later rose to national prominence amongst 9/11 survivors...until it all turned out to be a lie."

I saw it a very long time ago (probably more than 10 years) but it left me a strong impression. The film is quite an achievement, not only technically (the famous candle-lit dinner, the battle scenes) but also because it makes the story of an asshole interesting.

That Auschwitz series was awesome. Highly recommended for anybody that is interested in that whole thing. They had former SS and former concentration camp survivors on the show.

I watched a documentary about one of the survivors of BTK, Charlie Otero. It followed the BTK trial a bit, but it was mostly just about Charlie. It was interesting and sad. But I felt like it was missing something.

Now I'm about to start The Woman Who Wasn't There.

"A look inside the mind of Tania Head, history's most infamous 9/11 survivor. Her jaw-dropping tale of escape from the south tower was most astounding and she later rose to national prominence amongst 9/11 survivors...until it all turned out to be a lie."

I'd seen The Prestige a few times. Loved it. Didn't put much thought into it beyond the theme of obsession and stuff. But a friend of mine had recently rewatched it and asked me how many magicians I thought there were. I told him a lot, because of the replicants. He told me, "Nope, there're no replicants. Watch it again with that in mind, and you'll see why I now think this is Nolan's best film by far."

So I did. Holy shit, the movie played us for fools. There are no replicants. If you guys don't know what I'm talking about, watch it again with that in mind.

So we agreed on pretty much everything in the third act. But it seems he, for some reason, thinks that Bowie's character wasn't the real Tesla. He says that that's a con man Bale's character hired. I can't see how that's in any way necessary or important to the story. For some reason my friend thinks that that's more plausible than what my theory states, that it was Tesla. Borden just called ahead and told Tesla to pretend to build the machine and put on a show for Angier so he can take his money, which he desperately needed for his projects, as Tesla is well known to have been pretty poor. I mean, seriously, that makes a fuckload of more sense than the idea that he's not really Tesla. I mean, all Angier had to go on was that scrap of paper that said "Tesla" on it. How could Borden think that Angier would find the fake Tesla instead of the real one? My friend says the fake address must've been in he notebook, but that's dumb. How could he think he would decrypt the fake address in time? Borden obviously assumed Angier wouldn't decrypt the whole notebook before going to the US, otherwise he wouldn't have given it away at the end of it that the notebook was fake.

Anyway, now I'm reading the book to find some clarity in that debate, and to see if it pulls the same mindfuck the film did. I hope it does.

It's kind of funny how I got into the whole conspiracy. At first, I was like "Nah, he's just trying to be clever and shit." Then Monday morning, lying naked with that girl in bed, I started thinking about it; that's when what's been described as "a moment of clarity" kicked in. I woke her up so she could reach my laptop and we watched it instead of morning sex. I couldn't wait till she left so I could go drink and talk about this theory with my friend.

I saw it a very long time ago (probably more than 10 years) but it left me a strong impression. The film is quite an achievement, not only technically (the famous candle-lit dinner, the battle scenes) but also because it makes the story of an asshole interesting.

Yeah, the natural lighting was incredible. There was so much black humour too.

I've been wanting to see The Prestige again for a while now, but every time I've looked it hasn't been available for rental on amazon, only for purchase. I checked just now and it's available for rental, so I will probably watch it soon.

Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State. It's a BBC 6 episode series. It was really well done. It was 99% about concentration camps and how the Jews were rounded up for them and treated in them. It got perspectives from former prisoners and former SS. Not much war stuff was talked about.

I am also fascinated by Nazi Germany and revisionist theories (not that I believe many of them, mind) although I have not read anything very recently as there was a long period of my life where that's all I used to read!

I recommend the BBC's series Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution, which does have acting/reconstruction but done in a uncheesy way. There was a book tie-in with this which was also very good.

You can watch it all on YouTube:

Here's another really good book on The Final Solution:

And going back to movies, have you guys seen Sophie's Choice (or read the book)? It gives me the chills just thinking about it!

I thought it's time to watch more Disney/Pixar movies, and today I'm watching Toy Story 3 (after 1 and 2 yesterday and the day before). All through the summer I've got around 60 more other animated movies I NEED to watch. The Rescuers, for instance. I loved the book, which I suppose it's based on the movie, so I have to see it. And all the Pooh movies, he's not my favourite animated character for nothing.

Oh no. When I mention books in relation to Disney movies, I'm referring to stuff like this:
There's a certain publishing house that has the copyright for all Disney-related books in Romania, and we basically have books (mini, mini mini, regular size paperbacks and large paperbacks) with the story and the drawings (?) from the movies.

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